Gripping implement



1,538,536 l. J. WISOFF GRIPPING IMPLEMENT Filed Maywl'n 1924 n wEN-ronif ATTORNEY Patented May 19, 1925. Y' i Ii t vf y .i

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VIsaacv J. wrsorr,` on BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GRIPPING IMPLEMENT.

Application filed May 17, 1924. Serial No. 714,042.

To all whom t may concern: the scoop, and bridging these extensions isBe it known that I, IsAAc J. VVIsoFF, a cita pivot pin 7, which passesthrough a bear-- izen of the United States, residing at ing Ssecured tothe' lower side of the ad- Broollyn, in the county of Kings and Statejacent portion `of the handle l. `The eXten-` 5 of N ew York, havevinvented cert-ain ne'v7V sions' terminate in loops 9, which receive 4"and useful Improvements in Gripping Imthe ends of a cross bar l0 at theend of the plements, of which the following is a specio spring extensionll. Of course the pin 7 is iication. fastened at both ends to theextensions 6.

My invention relates to improvements in To use the device one pressesthe extension 10 gripping implements; particularly a gript towards thehandle 2, causing the bar l() 45 ing implement which can veryconveniently to force upthe extensions 6, and move the be put to varioususes in a home or dwelling. jaw 3 towards the scoop. Thus the imple- Anobject of the invent-ion is to provide ment can be made to grip anyarticle to be a gripping implement of simple construc- `held byit. Itisespecially useful to `remove l5 tion, capable of eiiiciently serving`its inany article of food, such as meat, fish etc., 50 tended purposes,`and of such vdesign that it from 21- Cooking VeSSel to EL plete, 01 tolift t can be cheaply produced. y victuals from a dish into `a pan to bepre- Other objects and advantages will appear pared for eating. from thefollowing descripti-on, taken with Having described my invention, what I20 the drawing', but I of course reserve the believe to be new anddesire to protect by l right to make changes in the structure setLetters Patent iS 1` r forth that are within theI broad meanings of Animplement comprising a scoop, a. hanthe terms of the appended claim. diejoined thereto, a jaw `with tines andhav- On the drawing ing extensionsflanking the handle, an exvf The figure shows in perspective a grippingtension on the handle projecting from the Wl implement or deviceaccording to my invenrear end of the handle toward the scoop, a tion.pivot pin bridging the extensions olf the aw, The numeral l indicates ascoop having a a hearing on the handle for said pin, loops handle Q..Cooperating with the scoop is a on the rear ends of the extensions ofthe *1U jaW 3. and the handle 2 has a Spring; ejaw, and al cross bar Vonthe front end of U5 tension that is bent from the rear end of the theextension of the handle engaged at its handle forward under the handle,towards extremities by said loop.' y' the scoop l. The jaw 3 has prongs-or rines In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. 5, in` front, andrearward extensions 6` iianking the handle 2 where it is axed to i lISAAC J. -WISOFR

